Milk-can.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. TlEPK, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.A

MILK-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,960, dated J une 5,1900.

Application sled April 1o, ieoo.

.T0 all whom it may concerm Be it known that I, HENRY E. TIEPKE,acitizen of the United States, residing at Pawtucket, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Milk Cans, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal milkcans constructedparticularly for use in railroad transportation, the object of which isto strengthen those parts most susceptible to strain and rupture in acheap and effective manner, at the same time avoiding all interior seamswhich invite milk accumulations. This I effect by the novel constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved can with a cover applied thereto. Fig. 2 is acentral verticalsection of the breast and neck parts assembled; Fig. 3, a side view ofthe novel parts in section, and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the ringmember.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The construction is as follows: To the ordinary cylindrical body a isjoined atop member consisting of an integral breast b and eX- tendedneck portion c, as shown in Fig. 2. An iron band e is tted about the.said neck portion, with its base resting upon the hemispherical ekteriorsurface of the breast portion b. An exterior member consist-ing of abreast portion m and integral neck n, similar in contour to the inclosedparts, is next applied and suitably fastened to the inner breast b andthe upper edge of the body a. The projecting portion of the neck c, Fig.2, is next shaped by dies applied in the usual manner into a bowl d,thus completing the inner member, which now consists of an integralbreast,

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neck, and bowl. By this construction it will be observed that the ringis secure from vertical displacement by the bowl. As the various partsof my can are composed of sheet metal or other similar metal, I platethe parts thus assembled and fastened with tin to give a finishedappearance to the can.

r I am aware that it is not new to reinforce the neck and breastportions of milk-cans, and I therefore do not claim the same broadly;but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination in a milk can, of a body, an upper linner memberconsisting of an integral breast, neck, and bowl, an outer memberconsisting of an integral breast and neck, said outer member beingattached to the inner member and the body, and a neckband intermediatethe outer and inner'neck portions.

2. The combination in a milk can of a body, an upper inner memberconsisting of an integral breast, neck, and bowl, an outer memberconsisting of an integral breast and neck, and a neck-band intermediatethe outer and inner neck portions held in position by the lateralextension of the bowl.

3. The combination in a milk can of a body, an upper inner memberconsisting of an integral breast, neck, and bowl, an outer memberconsisting of an integral breast and neck, said out-er member beingattached to the inner member and body, and a neck-band intermediate theouter and inner neck portions, held in position by the lateraleXtension'of the bowl.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY E. TIEPKE.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HAMBLIN, HoEATIo E. BELLows.

